Kennedy’s last visit

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Observations on the Hudson River as it passes through New York City. The section of the Hudson which passes through New York is historically known as the North River, called this by the Dutch to distinguish it from the Delaware River, which they knew as the South River. This stretch of the Hudson is still often referred to as the North River by local mariners today. All photos copyright Daniel Katzive unless otherwise attributed. For more frequent updates, please follow northriverblog on Facebook or Instagram.

Kennedy’s last visit

The Texas A&M Maritime Academy training ship T/S Kennedy arrived at North River Pier 88 on Wednesday, just a day after the USS New York left the same spot. Kennedy, launched in 1967, is on her final summer training cruise as the maritime academy will receive its new National Security Multi-Mission Vessel the Lone Star State later this year.

Kennedy started life as a break bulk freighter in 1967 and was acquired by MARAD for its Ready Reserve Force in 1985. She was converted to a training ship for the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 2003 and, after MMA got its own new NSMMV in 2023, was transferred to Texas A&M Maritime, which had previously used the vessel already for summer tours, visiting New York in 2022. Vane’s Fort Schuyler brought a fuel barge alongside for bunkering.